Gerald Ensley: FSU-FAMU is a rivalry whose time has come

6:01 PM,
Mar. 8, 2013

Gerald Ensley

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Our city's two college football programs recently released their fall schedules.

There was a rumor Florida State University asked Florida A&M University to be a last-minute replacement for Wofford University, which pulled out of a Sept. 21 game in Tallahassee. Supposedly, FAMU declined because it had already agreed to play at Ohio State on that date.

Fueling the rumor was the fact that FSU filled the date with Bethune-Cookman University, which like FAMU is a historically black university and member of the second-tier NCAA Football Championship Subdivision. ...